Pickup truck

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Truck with Piranha Plant
A truck with a Piranha Plant in its bed in Mario Kart Tour

Pickup trucks,[citation needed] often simply called trucks,[1] appear as vehicles alongside other traffic in the Mario Kart series. They differ from cargo trucks and buses in that they are much smaller, and from cars in that their beds may contain objects that can affect a race.

History[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Cars on Wuhu Loop
A three-wheeled truck

In Mario Kart 7, yellow-colored three-wheeled trucks appear on Wuhu Loop. They act the same as the cars on the same course and are a similar size to them. Additionally, the stationary vehicle that appears on Maka Wuhu at the beginning of the track can either appear as a car or as a pickup truck.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

A close-up screenshot of a truck carrying a surfboard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Shy Guy driving towards a truck carrying a surfboard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Moving pickup trucks appear on the retro track N64 Toad's Turnpike in Mario Kart 8 as well as DS Shroom Ridge, Tour Berlin Byways, and Wii Moonview Highway in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass, although they are absent in the Battle Mode version of N64 Toad's Turnpike in Mario Kart 8. Each of them has a surfboard atop them that they drag along, which functions as a ramp that racers can drive up and trick off of, like with a dash panel ramp truck. If a player hits any kind of truck, they will not lose their item, and if they were not driving fast enough they will not flip out either. The vehicles themselves are purple with Super Marine World, Waluigi Sea Bed, and Cheep Cheep Beach stickers on them, while the surfboards are yellow with a red flame pattern at the end and a Red Shell Strike Equipment sticker on them. In this game, pickup trucks are immune to Super Horns.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Moving pickup trucks appear on DS Shroom Ridge and its R variant, and Tour Berlin Byways as well as the latter course's R and T variants. As with their Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe appearances, some pickup trucks carry a surfboard that acts as a ramp, with one or two additional coins on top of it for drivers to collect. These trucks are orange, and their surfboards are white with two arrow decals near their tip, pointing forward. On Berlin Byways 3, DS Shroom Ridge, and DS Shroom Ridge R, pink-colored pickup trucks each carry a Piranha Plant which lunges at racers from a pipe casing. On Berlin Byways 3R, the pickup truck is empty.

Stationary pickup trucks also appear on DS Shroom Ridge R/T, Sydney Sprint T, Bangkok Rush 3, and Madrid Drive 3R/T. In each instance, the pickup trucks are pink. On Shroom Ridge R/T and Bangkok Rush 3, they carry surfboards. On Bangkok Rush 3, they are used as ramps to reach the roof of parked tuk-tuks. Their design is different from that of the trucks in Berlin Byways 3, and it is closer to their Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe design; the vehicles are pink-colored and the surfboards have a yellow color fading to black with a white flame pattern at the top. On Sydney Sprint T, the pickup truck is empty. On Madrid Drive 3R/T, they carry Inky Piranha Plants. Numerous other courses and course variants feature stationary trucks outside the track.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トラック[1]
Torakku
Truck
Chinese (simplified) 卡车[1]
Kǎchē
Truck
Chinese (traditional) 卡車[1]
Kǎchē
Truck
French Camion[1] Truck
German Lkw[1] Truck
Italian Camion[1] Truck
Korean 트럭[1]
Teureok
Truck
Portuguese Caminhão[1] Truck
Spanish Camión[1] Truck

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Displayed as an action in Mario Kart Tour